Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam offered incense to heroic martyrs at the Vi Xuyen national martyrs’ cemetery in the northern province of Ha Giang on February 5, on the occasion of the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3).
Lam and his entourage observed a moment of silence, offering flowers and incense to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. They pledged their unwavering loyalty to the CPV’s goals and ideals, vowing to forever follow the path chosen by the CPV, President Ho Chi Minh, and the people. Together, they committed to building the country and entering a new era - the era of the nation's rise. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the determination to build a clean and strong Party organisation of the Government while delivering the closing remarks of the first meeting of the Government’s Party Committee in the 2020-2025 tenure on February 5 afternoon.
Participants in the meeting listened to the Politburo's decisions on the establishment of the Government's Party Organisation, and appointments to the Government's Party Committee, its Standing Board, and its leadership. Read full story
- The Government Office on February 5 held its regular monthly press conference on the socio-economic situation in the first month of 2025.
Chairing the event, Minister-Chairman Tran Van Son reported that despite a shorter working month, the country's socio-economic situation continued to recover in January, with macroeconomic stability maintained, inflation put under control, and major economic balances ensured. Read full story
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet co-chaired the 13th Vietnam - New Zealand political consultation and had working sessions with several relevant units of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 4.
The events formed part of Viet's visit to the Oceania country from February 3 to 5 under a programme for ASEAN guests of the New Zealand Prime Minister. Read full story
- The Hanoi Statistics Office announced on February 5 that the capital city’s consumer price index (CPI) for January inched up 0.51% from the previous month, with 10 out of 11 groups experiencing price hikes.
Leading the pack was the culture, entertainment, and tourism group, which saw the sharpest monthly increase at 0.74%. Close behind was the transportation group, rising by 0.73%; housing, electricity, water, fuel, and construction materials group 0.72%; food and dining services 0.57%; beverages and tobacco 0.54%. Read full story
- Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi has urged the securities industry to accelerate administrative reform, adopt cutting-edge technology, and continue tackling obstacles hindering market upgrade.
Addressing a New Year opening ceremony held at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) on February 5, Chi said the Government is working to surpass the initial economic growth target for this year, setting the stage for a double-digit growth trajectory during the 2026–2030 period. Read full story
- The Nhon Trach 3 power plant, Vietnam’s first LNG-fuelled power plant, was connected to the national grid on February 5, generating 50 MW of electricity.
The Petrovietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) said the event marked the first time the project has begun feeding electricity into the national grid as part of its testing phase. Read full story
- A representative from the Ministry of Public Security on February 5 provided an update on traffic safety and order during the freshly ended Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, as well as on efforts to combat cybercrime.
During the nine-day holiday, traffic safety showed remarkable improvement, with accidents down significantly across all three key indicators and over two-digit decreases logged for the first time, Major General Hoang Anh Tuyen, Deputy Chief of Office and Spokesperson for the ministry, told the Government's regular press conference. Read full story
- The Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine reported on February 5 that Vietnam’s event-based surveillance system has recorded information about the seasonal flu outbreak in Japan.
According to data published by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan on January 31, about 9.5 million cases of seasonal flu were recorded in Japan from September 2, 2024 to January 26, 2025. During the final week of 2024 alone (December 23–29), over 317,000 cases were reported./. Read full story
